Maternal thyroid disorder in pregnancy and risk of cerebral palsy in the child: a population-based cohort study

• Main Authors: Tanja Gram Petersen (Author), Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen (Author), Peter Uldall (Author), Nigel Paneth (Author), Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen (Author), Mette Christophersen Tollånes (Author), Katrine Strandberg-Larsen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cerebral palsy is the most frequent motor disability in childhood, but little is known about its etiology. It has been suggested that cerebral palsy risk may be increased by prenatal thyroid hormone disturbances. The objective of this study was to investigate whether maternal thy...